Patch with swastika
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.130 inches (2.87 cm) | Width: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
Archival History
The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Bruce, Janice and Philip Hildenbrand, the children of Donald Hildenbrand.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bruce, Janice and Philip Hildenbrand
Scope and Content
Patch with swastika, part of a collection of materials that document Donald Hildenbrand’s experiences as one of the 350 American POWs selected from Stalag IXB and sent as a slave laborer at the Berga concentration camp. The patch was given to him by one of his liberators.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Genre
- Object
- Identifying Artifacts